NIKOLAI VATUTIN

(1901-1944) Red Army general responsible for many operations in Ukraine as commander of the Southwestern Front, and the Voronezh Front during the Battle of Kursk. During the Soviet liberation of right-bank Ukraine, Vatutin led the 1st Ukrainian Front, responsible for the Red Army's offensives to the west and south-west of Kiev and the eventual liberation of the city. He was ambushed and mortally wounded in February 1944 by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Rare typed D.S., 1p. 8vo., [n.p., 1941], untranslated but apparently related to the order of a large quantity of paper from Finland. Vatutin signs at the conclusion in green ink. Trimmed at the edges, shows folds, else very good.